1.
Number Systems
Location in
course textbook
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Common Number Systems
Used by Used in
System Base Symbols humans? computers?
Decimal 10 0, 1, … 9 Yes No
Binary 2 0, 1 No Yes
Octal 8 0, 1, … 7 No No
Hexa- 16 0, 1, … 9, No No
decimal A, B, … F
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Quantities/Counting (1 of 3)
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
2 10 2 2
3 11 3 3
4 100 4 4
5 101 5 5
6 110 6 6
7 111 7 7
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Quantities/Counting (2 of 3)
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
8 1000 10 8
9 1001 11 9
10 1010 12 A
11 1011 13 B
12 1100 14 C
13 1101 15 D
14 1110 16 E
15 1111 17 F
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Quantities/Counting (3 of 3)
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
16 10000 20 10
17 10001 21 11
18 10010 22 12
19 10011 23 13
20 10100 24 14
21 10101 25 15
22 10110 26 16
23 10111 27 17 Etc.
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Conversion Among Bases
• The possibilities:
Decimal Octal
Binary Hexadecima
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Quick Example
2510 = 110012 = 318 =
1916
Base
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Decimal to Decimal (just for fun)
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Weight
12510 => 5 x 10 0 = 5
2 x 10 1 = 20
1 x 10 2 = 100
125
Base
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Binary to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Binary to Decimal
• Technique
– Multiply each bit by 2n , wheren is the “weight”
of the bit
– The weight is the position of the bit, starting
from 0 on the right
– Add the results
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Example
Bit “0”
1010112 => 1 x 20 = 1
1 x 21 = 2
0 x 22 = 0
1 x 23 = 8
0 x 24 = 0
1 x 25 = 32
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Octal to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Octal to Decimal
• Technique
– Multiply each bit by 8n , wheren is the “weight”
of the bit
– The weight is the position of the bit, starting
from 0 on the right
– Add the results
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Example
7248 => 4 x 8 0 = 4
2 x 81 = 16
7 x 8 2 = 448
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Hexadecimal to Decimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Hexadecimal to Decimal
• Technique
– Multiply each bit by 16n , wheren is the
“weight” of the bit
– The weight is the position of the bit, starting
from 0 on the right
– Add the results
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Example
ABC16 => C x 16 0 = 12 x 1 = 12
B x 161 = 11 x 16 = 176
A x 162 = 10 x 256 = 2560
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Decimal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Decimal to Binary
• Technique
– Divide by two, keep track of the remainder
– First remainder is bit 0 (LSB, least-significant
bit)
– Second remainder is bit 1
– Etc.
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Example
12510 = ? 2 2 125
2 62 1
2 31 0
2 15 1
27 1
23 1
2 1 1
0 1
12510 = 1111101 2
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Octal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Octal to Binary
• Technique
– Convert each octal digit to a 3-bit equivalent
binary representation
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Example
7058 = ? 2
7 0 5
111 000 101
7058 = 111000101 2
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Hexadecimal to Binary
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Hexadecimal to Binary
• Technique
– Convert each hexadecimal digit to a 4-bit
equivalent binary representation
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Example
10AF16 = ? 2
1 0 A F
0001 0000 1010 1111
10AF16 = 0001000010101111 2
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Decimal to Octal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Decimal to Octal
• Technique
– Divide by 8
– Keep track of the remainder
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Example
123410 = ? 8
8 1234
8 154 2
8 19 2
8 2 3
0 2
123410 = 23228
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Decimal to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Decimal to Hexadecimal
• Technique
– Divide by 16
– Keep track of the remainder
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Example
123410 = ? 16
16 1234
16 77 2
16 4 13 = D
0 4
123410 = 4D2 16
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Binary to Octal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Binary to Octal
• Technique
– Group bits in threes, starting on right
– Convert to octal digits
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Example
10110101112 = ? 8
1 011 010 111
1 3 2 7
10110101112 = 13278
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Binary to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Binary to Hexadecimal
• Technique
– Group bits in fours, starting on right
– Convert to hexadecimal digits
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Example
10101110112 = ? 16
10 1011 1011
2 B B
10101110112 = 2BB 16
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Octal to Hexadecimal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Octal to Hexadecimal
• Technique
– Use binary as an intermediary
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Example
10768 = ? 16
1 0 7 6
001 000 111 110
2 3 E
10768 = 23E 16
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Hexadecimal to Octal
Decimal Octal
Hexadecima
Binary
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Hexadecimal to Octal
• Technique
– Use binary as an intermediary
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Example
1F0C16 = ? 8
1 F 0 C
0001 1111 0000 1100
1 7 4 1 4
1F0C16 = 17414 8
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Exercise – Convert ...
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
33
1110101
703
1AF
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Exercise – Convert …
Answer
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
33 100001 41 21
117 1110101 165 75
451 11100001 703 1C3
1
431 11010111 657 1AF
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Common Powers (1 of 2)
• Base 10
Power Preface Symbol Value
10-12 pico p .000000000001
10-9 nano n .000000001
10-6 micro μ .000001
10-3 milli m .001
103 kilo k 1000
106 mega M 1000000
109 giga G 1000000000
1012 tera T 100000000000
0
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Common Powers (2 of 2)
• Base 2
Power Preface Symbol Value
210 kilo k 1024
220 mega M 1048576
230 Giga G 1073741824
• What is the value of “k”, “M”, and “G”?
• In computing, particularly w.r.t. memory,
the base-2 interpretation generally
applies
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Example
In the lab…
1. Double click on My Computer
2. Right click on C:
3. Click on Properties
/ 2 30 =
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Exercise – Free Space
• Determine the “free space” on all drives on
a machine in the lab
Free space
Drive Bytes GB
A:
C:
D:
E:
etc.
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Review – multiplying powers
• For common bases, add powers
ab × a c = a b+c
26 × 2 10 = 2 16 = 65,536
or…
26 × 2 10 = 64 × 2 10 = 64k
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Binary Addition (1 of 2)
• Two 1-bit values
A B A+B
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 10
“two”
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Binary Addition (2 of 2)
• Twon -bit values
– Add individual bits
– Propagate carries
– E.g.,
1 1
10101 21
+ 11001 + 25
101110 46
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Multiplication (1 of 3)
• Decimal (just for fun)
35
x 105
175
000
35
3675
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Multiplication (2 of 3)
• Binary, two 1-bit values
A B A×B
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1
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Multiplication (3 of 3)
• Binary, two n -bit values
– As with decimal values
– E.g.,
1110
x 1011
1110
1110
0000
1110
10011010
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Fractions
• Decimal to decimal (just for fun)
3.14 => 4 x 10 -2 = 0.04
1 x 10 -1 = 0.1
3 x 10 0 = 3
3.14
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Fractions
• Binary to decimal
10.1011 => 1 x 2 -4 = 0.0625
1 x 2 -3 = 0.125
0 x 2 -2 = 0.0
1 x 2 -1 = 0.5
0 x 2 0 = 0.0
1 x 2 1 = 2.0
2.6875
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Fractions
• Decimal to binary .14579
x 2
3.14579 0.29158
x 2
0.58316
x 2
1.16632
x 2
0.33264
x 2
0.66528
x 2
1.33056
11.001001... etc.
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Exercise – Convert ...
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
29.8
101.1101
3.07
C.82
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Exercise – Convert …
Answer
Hexa-
Decimal Binary Octal decimal
29.8 11101.110011… 35.63… 1D.CC…
5.8125 101.1101 5.64 5.D
3.109375 11.000111 3.07 3.1C
12.5078125 1100.10000010 14.404 C.82
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